3,500 TONS OF COAL
STORED IN GREY RAILWAY TRUCKS. [To the Editor.] Sir, —In your issue of 18th instant, a paragraph appears in which it is stated that the Liverpool Mine would be idle owing to a shortage of railway wagons. I wish to draw your attention to the fact that the hold-up at the Liverpool Mine was not in any way the fault of the Railway Department. In fairness to my Department, I have to point out that, at the time of writing, 352 hopper wagons were under load on the Greymouth wharf, | awaiting shipment. This represents approximately 2,500 tons of coal, of which 1,600 tons is for the Kalingo, due to arrive at this port on Monday, 16th instant. This boat arrived this afternoon.
It will thus be apparent that the Railway Department has provided more than reasonable facilities for the storage of coal in order to keep the mines working. I am, etc., J. BARNETT, Acting-Stationmaster. 18/5/38,
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Grey River Argus, 19 May 1938, Page 6
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